Gulf of Latmus

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The Gulf of Latmus is an ancient inlet of the Aegean Sea in western Asia Minor, historically significant as a coastal feature near the city of Heraclea at Latmus and later largely silted up by the Maeander River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gulf of Latmus canonical 2
Gulf of Latmus (ancient) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient gulf ⓘ
inlet ⓘ
ancientFunction harbor area for nearby cities ⓘ
ancientNameLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
associatedWith Heraclea at Latmus harbor ⓘ
linked to: Heraclea at Latmus

Ionian coastline changes ⓘ
coastalFeatureOf Heraclea at Latmus ⓘ
connectedTo Maeander River delta ⓘ
environmentType coastal inlet ⓘ
geologicalChange transformation from marine gulf to largely terrestrial area ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Antiquity ⓘ
linked to: Classical antiquity

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ
western Asia Minor ⓘ
linked to: Asia Minor
mentionedBy Strabo ⓘ
ancient Greek geographers ⓘ
modernRemnant inland plain formed by Maeander River sediments ⓘ
near Heraclea at Latmus ⓘ
Mount Latmus ⓘ
nearAncientCity Miletus ⓘ
Priene ⓘ
partOf eastern Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
partOfAncientRegion Caria ⓘ
regionToday western Turkey ⓘ
significance example of coastline progradation in antiquity ⓘ
siltationProcess fluvial sedimentation from the Maeander River ⓘ
siltedBy Maeander River ⓘ
siltedUp true ⓘ
usedAs ancient maritime route along Asia Minor coast ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heraclea at Latmus → hasNearbyFeature → Gulf of Latmus ⓘ
Latmus Mountains → overlooks → Gulf of Latmus (ancient) ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Latmus
Mount Latmus → locatedNear → Gulf of Latmus ⓘ